| Show The FitzP r Matter r Washington 4The friends e f I rizjohn Porter are very much elatEd at the frank avowal of Gen eral Grant that Porter has been i wronged and ought to be vindi Ii red They expect to get a bill for Porters reinstatement through this I i Congress now without much diffi 1 cnlty A prominent republican said f tonight that General Grants l strange opinion would not influence f enator Logan to reverse his judgment I judg-ment and favor the bill to reinstate to i rrter He said Logan may out 61 respect for Grant remain silent but i h e will not vote for such a bill The r democrats generally give General i i Grant credit for an Honest change of opinion in this matter A leading democratic senator said tonight l took no stock in the theory that Grant was manceuvering to catch Ii democratic votes in favor of a bill f for placing his own name on the army retired list He said he knew ii Grant to be a very candid man are a-re tdy to make an ackiiowldgement if he discovered himself in error I i but havujnrecently studied the case f or the tht time Grant reached tbe 1 conclusion that his previous opinion i ° had been wrong and frankly said t so This senator added that in hit t opinion a bill to retire Grant wig i pass as several Democratic senators f perhaps half a dozenintend te vote for it Any bill simply to re I instate Porter will receive the support i sup-port cf all Democrats in Congre s I but should it propose to reimburse r him in the shape of back pay it will meet with strong opposition rcnrsome Democrats k |
